our dinghy in Pt Refugio

Cada Dia Mas and Voyager in Refugio

Day 2 began with the anchorage calm as glass, but the breeze began to pick up and we decided to leave around 9 am and head to Bahia de Los Angeles.  We proceeded thru the channel and could see the waves were building, and there were white caps in the Sea.  By the time we rounded Sail Rock, we were going right into the wind, with 6-8 foot seas.  The wind was gusting to 35, and we were not able to make any marketable forward progress, between sails and engine, plus we were taking water over the bow and everything below was rattling like crazy!  After about an hour we both decided this was ridiculous, so we came about, and suddenly we were going 9-9.5--it was great fun, but not the way we wanted/needed to go.  We made it back to the anchorage by noon, and spent the rest of the week hunkered down in Pt. Refugio.  Winds continued to blow consistently 10-15 in the anchorage, and we had gusts up to 40...especially at nite!  We met the crew of M/V Voyager, who were also waiting it out, along with the fishing boat Tony Reyes from San Felipe, and a couple other free divers.  Finally set sail again on Saturday morning (Day 6), heading south to LA Bay.  Had a wonderful day, with north swells, the wind at our back, and no chop!  Anchored in LA Bay around 6 pm....aah!

Guillermo's in LA Bay

CadaDiaMas at anchor